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The ceremony was organized by the Burkinabe Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation in partnership with the Moroccan Embassy in Ouagadougou.
The work “Tales from Morocco and Burkina Faso: Crossed Perspectives” was co-produced by Moroccan and Burkinabe authors, namely Najlae Nejjar, Mohammed Benjelloun and Abdelouahad Mabrour from the Faculty of Letters and Human Sciences (Chouab University Doukkali) of EI Jadida, and Alain Joseph Sissao of the Institute of Society Sciences (INSS) of Burkina Faso.
“Open texts, the tales are necessarily modifiable according to the context, according to the audience, according to the place and especially according to the person who tells them, with his accents, his language, his gestures, his mood of the moment, his interpretation, etc.”, we read in a presentation note for the work.
In Morocco and Burkina Faso, as everywhere in Africa, the griot, the storyteller in public places and the elderly are considered the main holders of traditional speech and wisdom, adds the text.
The work, it is emphasized, is an invitation to interculturality, to the sharing of cultures, reciprocity and crossed perspectives between two cultural areas which question each other, complement each other, contemplate each other in the mirror on the other, and respond to each other across geographical borders.
The researcher, as well as any simply curious reader or fan of the stories, could have an idea of the two realities from the variability of the tales in two cultures, relatively different, but having the same roots.
Speaking on this occasion, HM the King’s ambassador to Burkina Faso, Youssef Slaoui stressed that the relations between Morocco and Burkina Faso are characterized by mutual consultation, unfailing solidarity and a regular exchange of visits. high level, as well as the excellent cooperation links in different areas of common interest.
Burkina Faso will always find in Morocco a partner who is constantly committed to promoting and supporting its initiatives for stability and development, he said, affirming with this in mind that new horizons of partnership have been opened following the Ministerial Coordination Meeting on the International Initiative of HM King Mohammed VI to promote access of Sahel countries to the Atlantic Ocean, which was held on December 23 in Marrakech, with the participation of Burkina Faso.
Returning to the presentation and dedication of the work “Tales from Morocco and Burkina Faso: Crossed Perspectives”, the Moroccan diplomat noted that this ceremony is an eloquent testimony to the vitality and dynamics of cooperation between scientific communities. of the two countries which is part of the implementation of the Scientific Convention between the Laboratory of Studies and Research on Interculturalism of the Chouaïb Doukkali University of EL Jadida and the Institute of Society Sciences of Burkina Faso (INSS).
“This ceremony is organized to promote the work done by researchers and pay tribute to their efforts in consolidating experiences in the field of Higher Education, Research and Innovation,” he added. .
Mr. Slaoui noted in this sense that the research work carried out can be considered as a cultural bridge between the two countries and their friendly and brotherly peoples whose relations do not date from today.
According to him, this collective work is proof of the firm desire of the co-authors to interact positively on part of the centuries-old intangible heritage shared between Morocco and Burkina Faso, especially since this action allows the Embassy to open up to the world of science and research, while enriching oneself in terms of knowledge and knowledge.
By way of conclusion, he encouraged the scientific community of the two countries to take full advantage of the potential offered by the legal arsenal and to undertake initiatives likely to promote the scientific and cultural dimensions, which occupy a preponderant place in the framework of bilateral cooperation.
Presenting the work, Alain Joseph Sissao, one of its authors, indicated: “We had a convergence of views to promote the oral cultural heritage of our two Moroccan and Burkinabe peoples.”
This is how, he said, the project experienced “a germination through exchanges and later through teaching stays and research work that we carried out at the University of El Jadida punctuated by in-depth work sessions with my Moroccan colleagues Professor Najlae Najjar, Professor Benjellound and Professor Abdelhouhad Mabrour. This made it possible to stabilize our collections of stories, to classify them, to organize them through the architecture of presentation of the stories, and to correct the corpus.
This work, added Mr. Joseph Sissao, is a true symphony of Moroccan and moose tales which collide in this collection and provide lessons of wisdom through variants of tales on the image of the Imam, the witch, the difficult girl, the enfant terribles who experience varied, rich and diversified treatments in Moroccan and Burkina Faso.
It is a call for interculturality, the sharing of cultures, reciprocity and crossed perspectives between two cultures which look at each other, question and complement each other, he concluded.
In her welcome address, the director of the Institute of Society Sciences (INSS), Aoua Carole Bambara Congo stressed that in a world where the frontiers of imagination are limitless, where stories are transmitted from generation to generation , “this collection of stories offers us a window on the richness and diversity of Moroccan and Burkinabe cultures. These stories are vibrant witnesses to ancient traditions, profound wisdom and universal values that transcend borders.
Tales have always been the guardians of our cultural heritage, transmitting wisdom, values and traditions across generations. “Today, this collection brings together the narrative richness of Morocco and Burkina Faso, highlighting the diversity and magic of the traditional stories of our lands,” she said.
And to continue that by making this book available to readers, the authors offer them much more than tales, they offer them a journey through our traditions, our imaginations and our hearts.
The presentation ceremony, in which the Moroccan authors participated by videoconference, were notably attended by the Egyptian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, the Consul General of Senegal, and the Consul General of Niger, who represented the African Diplomatic Group, in addition to the Chargé d’affaires of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The ceremony was also attended by representatives of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Regional Cooperation and Burkinabè Abroad, Higher Education, Research and Innovation, and the Ministry of Communication, culture, arts and tourism.
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